Crude-oil burner



0.3. EYER.

CRUDE OIL BURNER.

KPPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, I92].

Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

3 $HEETSSHEET C. B. EYER.

CRUDE OIL BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28,1921.

Patented Sept. 19,1922.

3 SHEETS-SHEET Z- v C. B. EYER.

CRUDE OIL BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 28. 1921.

Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- Fatented Sept. 19, 1922.

Uiftl ll l ifi lFATES CHARLES B. EYER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CRUDE-01L BURNER.

Application filed June 28,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES B. EYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Crude-Oil Burner; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to vapor burners and aims to devise an article of this nature which will admit of the successful use of crude oil as fuel without obstructing the flow of the oil and vapors by accumulations of carbon in the various pipes after the burner has been in operation for a comparatively short time.

The invention contemplates a fan in conjunction with the burner to insure a distribution of the heat and a second fan for agitating the air and vapors to thoroughly mix the same.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood. 1

While the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification Figure 1 is an elevation of a burner constructed in accordance with anenibodying the essential features of the invention.

Figure 9. is a vertical central section there of.

F ig. 3 is a front view showing the valve more clearly, and

Figure 4 is a top plan view the upper fan being omitted.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The burner comprises a plate 1 which forms supporting means for the cooperating parts. An opening 2 is formed in the plate 1, and a collar 3 surrounds the opening 2 and projects upwardly from the plate 1. A chamber 4 depends from the plate 1 in line with the opening 2 and is provided centrally 1921. Serial No. 481,043.

of its bottom with a depending bracket 5 in which is set a vertical shaft 6, the latter passing through an opening formed in the bottom of the chamber 4 in line with the bracket 5'. The chamber 4 has a lateral extension 7 disposed beneath an edge portion of the plate 1. A casing S is disposed at the opposite side of the chamber 4 from the lateral extension 7 and is attached to the plate 1. Valves 9 of the needle type are disposed within the casing 8 and control the feed of the fuel to the burner. A connection 10 joins the casing 8 and chamber 4 and is adapted to receive the air and fuel which mix therein prior to entering the chamber 4. A horn or tube 11 depends from the connection 10 and is in communication therewith, said horn tapering in its length withits enlarged end facing downward. The horn or tube 11 gathers and supplies air to the connection 10. The vaporized fuel escaping from the nozzle of the valve mechanism passes rapidly through the connection 10 into the chamber 4 and across the upper or delivery end of the horn 11 thereby creating a suction in the horn which insures a positive supply of air. The connectionlO constitutes in effect a preliminary mixing chamber in which the air and vapor mix. The air and gas pass from the part 10 into the chamber 4 and expand and further combine or mix. The part 4 therefore constitutes an expanding and mixing chamber.

A flared ring 12 is disposed upon the plate 1 and its lower contracted end is fitted to the collar 3. Thisflared ring constitutes the body of the burner proper. The burner cap 13 consists of a plate or disk fitted to the upper end of the flared ring 12 and having radially disposed flutes or corrugations in which are formed transverse slits or openings 14 constituting outlets for the gas. The shaft 6 projects above the part 13 and carries a fan 15 which acts to distribute the heat from the burner when the device is in operation. A second fan 16 is secured to the shaft 6 and is disposed within the chamber 4 and operates to agitate the air and gas whereby to thoroughly mix the same. The liquid fuel, such as crude oil, is supplied to the burner by means of a feed pipe 17 which cooperates with the valve mechanism 9.

The feed pipe 17 passing through the chamber 4 and its extension 7 is heated by the flame of the burner which materially assists in vaporizing the fuel which, as herein claim is bwith .the burner cap, means for supplying 1. a fuel burner of'the.characterspecified, a'burner cap, a mixing chamber in line witlrtheburner cap, meansfor supplying a gaseous mixture to the chamber, and a fan in said .chamber for agitatingfthe gaseous mixture. 7

2. Ina fuel burner of the characterspecified, a burner cap, a mixing chamberin line a gaseous mixture to athe chamber, a fan 111 said chamber for agitating thegaseous mixture preliminary to its consumption at the outlet of theburner, and a second fan 111W line withand spaced fromthe burner cap,

'- for spreading .and distributing heat resultthe expandingchamber, a lateral horn con-.

=ing from the consumption ofithe fuel. v In a-fuel burner ofthecharacter specified, a burner cap, anexpanding and mixing chamber 1n communication wlth the burner,.

a mixing chamber in communication with inected with the mixing chamber, and means for supply ng fuel and delivering the same across the saidhorn to draw air therethrough umixing chamber in communication with the for mixingwith the fuel preliminary to the intothe expanding discharge of the latter chamber.

4. .A fuel-burner of the character specified comprising a burner cap, an expanding and burner and having alateral extension, a diametrlcally disposed casing, a valve mechanism within said casing for controlling the supply of fuel, a mixing chamber forming connecting means between said casing and the expanding and mixing chamber, and a hornconnected with the mixing chamber.

5. A fuel burner of the character specified comprising a burner cap, an expanding and mixing chamber in communication with the burner tip'and having a lateral extension, a diametrically disposed casing, a valve mechanism within said casing. for controlling the supply of fuel, a mixing chamber forming connecting means betweensaid casing and the expanding and mixing chamber, and a horn connected with the :mixing chamber, a fan within. the expanding and mixing chamber, and a secondfan beyond the burner cap and connected with-the fan in the expanding and mixing chamberand serving to distribute andzspread the heat.

' 6. A fuel burner of the character specified comprising a burner cap, an expanding and mixing'chamber in communication with the burner and having a lateral extension, a diametrically disposed casing, a valve mecha nism withins aid casing for controlling the supply of fuel, a mixing chamber forming cennecting means between said casing and the expanding and mixing chamber, a horn connectediwith the mixing chamber, a: fan within the expanding-and mixing chamber, a second fan beyond the burner cap and connected with the fan in the expanding and mixing chamber and serving to'distribute and spread the heat, and a fuel-feedpipe passing through the expanding andmixing chamber and the extension thereof "and having connection with the said valve mechanism. M

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. CHARLES B. EYER. lVitnesses: FLonnNcn Eran,

HATTIE B. TAY OR. 

